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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: [BusyBox] linuxrc documentation & debian/rules problem
From:       Erik Andersen <andersen () codepoet ! org>
Date:       2004-08-26 22:40:18
Message-ID: 20040826224018.GE28390 () codepoet ! org
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On Wed Aug 25, 2004 at 11:30:39AM -0700, ms419@freezone.co.uk wrote:
> Busybox is a totally great, totally necessary tool. Kudos!

Thanks.

> I had just a couple problems getting started: I couldn't find all the 
> documentation. For instance, there's apparently a linuxrc applet, but I 
> couldn't find its description anywhere. I tried linking /linuxrc -> 
> /bin/busybox, but on boot, the kernel complained:
> 
> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
> 
> I suspect I'm missing an applet, but maybe the docs can confirm?

This requires CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD=y, and causes /linuxrc to
also act as init, and lets busybox cope with the init process
not being at pid #1.

> Are there known problems with the debian/rules build script? i couldn't 
> tell from searching these archives ("dpkg-buildpackage", "debian 
> build"). I encounter the following error:

I suspect you will need to use the version of dpkg included in
debian testing.

 -Erik

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